Good People, Bad Middle Management - Anonymous employee Aquilent Employee Review

2.0
May 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are definitely a lot of good people that work here that will take the time to give you a hand if they can. They also do a decent job of exchanging knowledge.... when they know someone else needs it. Some nice perks when you are able to take advantage.

Cons

Most of the problems I have seen are that the people between the VP's and/or Account Directors and the people doing the work do a terrible job at both communication and management. Sometimes this is because they have to focus on doing billable work themselves and so basic management responsibilities fall off. Sometimes they are simply bad managers, but they happen to be friends with the right people so they keep getting promoted. People also will get assigned multiple project and I have seen people get allocated for up to 250% of their time. Instead of getting more resources to do the job right people are simply told to "work more hours". If you come to work here, spend more time making the right friends than doing a good job.

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Pros

Work is diverse and interesting, compensation is pretty good for the industry. Company has traditionally had a family feel where it is easy to have congenial relationships with HR, IT, other groups, etc. Champions cutting edge technology when possible, always looking forward. Very flexible schedules are possible as well as telecommuting.

Cons

Company is growing really fast and culture can't keep up. Although they espouse ethical behavior, it really depends on who the AD is, what the project is, and where the money is at. Senior Management says one things, but clearly champions keeping the money rolling in rather than drinking their own koolaid of only accepting the "right" kind of clients. If you have a good manager and team, things are GREAT! If you are on a crazy project or have ineffectual managers, you are screwed. There is less stability than they say--if your project ends there is no guarantee that you will be moved to another team or if you are that you will be doing what you really want to do. Again, it all comes down to your managers and who advocates for you. Aquilent assumed very little risk during the government shutdown--if your project was shut down you had use your own vacation or go into the hole and then not get paid. This seems unfair for a company that only works with the federal government.

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